TY - BOOK AU - White,Roger AU - Bedassa Tadesse. TI - International migration and economic integration: understanding the immigrant-trade link SN - 0857930664 AV - JV6217 .W44 2011 U1 - 304.82 23 PY - 2011///] CY - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Economic aspects KW - International trade KW - International economic integration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index; PART I; Introducing the Immigrant-Trade Link; 1; Migration, trade and globalization --; 2; The gravity model and the literature on the immigrant-trade link --; PART II; The Effects of Immigrants on International Trade in Goods and Services --; 3; Immigration policy, economic development and the immigrant-trade link: The case of the White Australia Policy --; 4; East-West migration and trade: The pro-trade effects of immigrants in Italy --; 5; Beyond trade in goods: Immigrants and US exports of tourism services--; PART III; The Cultural Bridging Effects of Immigrants on Trade --; 6; The trade-inhibiting effects of cultural differences: Evidence from nine OECD countries --; 7; Immigrants and the effects of cultural distance: An examination of aggregate US trade data --; 8; Heterogeneity across immigrant groups: The effects of refugee and non-refugee immigrants on US trade --; PART IV; The Operability and Universality of the Immigrant-Trade Link --; 9; The effects of immigrants on trade in cultural and non-cultural goods: Evidence from US state-level exports --; 10; Asymmetric information and trade facilitating infrastructure: Variation in the immigrant-trade link across migration corridors --; 11; Transaction costs and the immigrant-trade link: Does the volume of bilateral trade matter? --; 12; Are the effects of immigrants (emigrants) on trade universal? --; PART V; Findings, Implications and Questions that Remain --; 13; A summary of findings from the application of the gravity model --; 14; Lessons learned and suggestions for future research --; Notes --; References --; Index ER -